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Stage 4: Bernhard Eisel dismounted to cheer the other riders up the mountain

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Stage 4: Cavendish battling to stay in touch

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Stage 4: Hushovd on his way to winning in Caerphilly

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Hushovd celebrates his win in stage 4 in front of Caerphilly Castle

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Stage 5: Boom leads the bunch across Dartmoor

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Stage 5: Eisel and Brammeier part the crowds on Dartmoor

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Stage 5: The peloton skirting Dartmoor in the lanes

Robin Wilmott/BikeRadar.com

Stage 5: Lars Boom leads over a stone bridge

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Stage 6: Three attackers lead up Cheddar Gorge

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Stage 6: Hayman, Hushovd & Cavendish climbing

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Stage 6: Dan Lloyd and Michael Rogers attack up Old Bristol Hill

Robin Wilmott/BikeRadar.com

Lars Boom wins stage 6 by some margin in Wells

Robin Wilmott/BikeRadar.com

Stage 8a: Bernhard Eisel stretching before the TT

Robin Wilmott/BikeRadar.com

Stage 8a: Steve Cummings on Victoria Embankment

Robin Wilmott/BikeRadar.com

Stage 8a: The time trial finish in Whitehall

Robin Wilmott/BikeRadar.com

Stage 8a: Lars Boom and Dan Lloyd await their start

Robin Wilmott/BikeRadar.com

New British Champion Alex Dowsett wins the London time trial

Robin Wilmott/BikeRadar.com

Stage 8b: The race leaders start the final stage

Robin Wilmott/BikeRadar.com

Stage 8b: The peloton with St Pauls Cathedral in the distance

Robin Wilmott/BikeRadar.com

Stage 8b: Dowsett leads the bunch in pursuit of the break

Robin Wilmott/BikeRadar.com

Stage 8b: The peloton riding through Whitehall

Robin Wilmott/BikeRadar.com

Stage 8b: Cavendish takes his second stage win in Whitehall

Robin Wilmott/BikeRadar.com

Lars Boom wins the 2011 Tour of Britain

Robin Wilmott/BikeRadar.com

Mark Cavendish wins stage 1 in Dumfries

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Stage 1: Wet and windy 20% descent of Meggett Hill

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Sky and HTC lead up Gun Hill in stage 3

Robin Wilmott/BikeRadar.com

Lars Boom wins stage 3 to take over the lead in Stoke on Trent

Robin Wilmott/BikeRadar.com

Stage 4: Bernhard Eisel dismounted to cheer the other riders up the mountain

Robin Wilmott/BikeRadar.com

Stage 4: Cavendish battling to stay in touch

Robin Wilmott/BikeRadar.com

Stage 4: Hushovd on his way to winning in Caerphilly

Robin Wilmott/BikeRadar.com

Hushovd celebrates his win in stage 4 in front of Caerphilly Castle

Robin Wilmott/BikeRadar.com

Stage 5: Boom leads the bunch across Dartmoor

Robin Wilmott/BikeRadar.com

Stage 5: Eisel and Brammeier part the crowds on Dartmoor

Robin Wilmott/BikeRadar.com

Stage 5: The peloton skirting Dartmoor in the lanes

Robin Wilmott/BikeRadar.com

Stage 5: Lars Boom leads over a stone bridge

Robin Wilmott/BikeRadar.com

Stage 6: Three attackers lead up Cheddar Gorge

Robin Wilmott/BikeRadar.com

Stage 6: Hayman, Hushovd & Cavendish climbing

Robin Wilmott/BikeRadar.com

Stage 6: Dan Lloyd and Michael Rogers attack up Old Bristol Hill

Robin Wilmott/BikeRadar.com

Lars Boom wins stage 6 by some margin in Wells

Robin Wilmott/BikeRadar.com

Stage 8a: Bernhard Eisel stretching before the TT

Robin Wilmott/BikeRadar.com

Stage 8a: Steve Cummings on Victoria Embankment

Robin Wilmott/BikeRadar.com

Stage 8a: The time trial finish in Whitehall

Robin Wilmott/BikeRadar.com

Stage 8a: Lars Boom and Dan Lloyd await their start

Robin Wilmott/BikeRadar.com

New British Champion Alex Dowsett wins the London time trial

Robin Wilmott/BikeRadar.com

Stage 8b: The race leaders start the final stage

Robin Wilmott/BikeRadar.com

Stage 8b: The peloton with St Pauls Cathedral in the distance

Robin Wilmott/BikeRadar.com

Stage 8b: Dowsett leads the bunch in pursuit of the break

Robin Wilmott/BikeRadar.com

Stage 8b: The peloton riding through Whitehall

Robin Wilmott/BikeRadar.com

Stage 8b: Cavendish takes his second stage win in Whitehall

Robin Wilmott/BikeRadar.com

Lars Boom wins the 2011 Tour of Britain

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Eight years since its inception, the Tour of Britain continues to grow. With the strongest field yet assembled, and a testing parcours criss-crossing Scotland, Wales and England over nine stages, the race has definitely matured.

Confirming the potential of the Tour as a tune up event ahead of the World Championships, some truly testing stages brought out some mighty performances from the men in form. Two wins each for Mark Cavendish and Lars Boom, and one from current World Champion Thor Hushovd gave the supportive fans world class talent in depth to cheer.

The weather of course played its part. Stage 1 in Scotland was wet and stormy, whilst stage 2 was cancelled due to the tail end of a hurricane blowing waves across the finish straight in Blackpool and demolishing the gantries. From there on the weather relented, and the race was characterised by some fantastic sprinting and climbing performances from Pieter Ghyllebert and Jonathon Tiernan Locke, who won their respective classifications. The British hills surprised many and made the race one for the strong men.

As the stages passed, one man proved to be a match for the terrain and had the measure of his rivals. Former World cyclo-cross Champion Lars Boom rode a perfect race to take the win on his first trip to the UK, and add further gloss to an ever improving event.